William Erskine

William Erskine (1728-19 March 1795) was a Lieutenant-General of the British Army during the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War, and French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
William Erskine was born in 1728 in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, and he joined the 7th Dragoons in 1742, fighting at the Battle of Fontenoy during the War of the Austrian Succession and then the Battle of Emsdorf in 1760 during the Seven Years' War, after which he was knighted for presenting twelve captured flags to King George III of Great Britain. In 1776, he was promoted to Brigadier under Henry Clinton during the American Revolutionary War, and he led the 7th Brigade at the Battle of Long Island before fighting at the Battle of Princeton and other battles in the northern theatre. On 19 February 1779, after he was promoted to Major-General, he returned to London, and in 1793 he took part in the siege of Dunkirk during the French Revolutionary Wars. Erskine would flight in Flanders until the defeat at the Battle of Tourcouing, and he died at home in Fife in 1795.